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Definition of Gnomic Poets

Gnomic Poets
Gnomic Gnom"ic, Gnomical Gnom"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. gnomique. See Gnome maxim.] Sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic. A city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry. --G. R. Lewes. Gnomic Poets, Greek poets, as Theognis and Solon, of the sixth century B. C., whose writings consist of short sententious precepts and reflections.

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- gnomic poets were Theognis, Solon, Phocylides, Simonides of Amorgos, Demodocus, Xenophanes and Euenus. With the exception of Theognis, whose gnomes were...
- the Hesiod or Theognis of gluttons, parodies the pithy style of older gnomic poets; most of his attention is given to fish, although some fragments refer...
- Homer's Odyssey, see Demodocus (Odyssey character) Demodocus (poet), a sixth century BC gnomic poet A dialogue ascribed to Plato, see Demodocus (dialogue) A...
- Gr**** poets covers poets writing in the ancient Gr**** language, regardless of location or nationality of the poet. For a list of modern-day Gr**** poets, see...
- Martyr, the Etymologi**** magnum, the Scriptores de re rustica, the Gr**** gnomic poets, Xenophon, Nonnus and other works. All Sylburg's editions show great...
- It is now displa**** in Germany. Phocylides, Gr**** gnomic poet from Miletus Xenophanes, Gr**** poet and philospher born in Colophon (approximate year)...
- Phocylides (Gr****: Φωκυλίδης ὁ Μιλήσιος), Gr**** gnomic poet of Miletus, contemporary of Theognis of Megara, was born about 560 BC. A few fragments of...
- poet Taliesin or the mythical figure of Myrddin. Early religious and gnomic verse is also usually anonymous. Where possible examples of each poet's surviving...
- vizierial letters. He had a son, Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad, who was also a gnomic poet, according to al-Maqqarī. Pellat, Charles (1971). "Ibn Sharaf al-Ḳayrawānī"...
- small rehabilitation structures. Demodocus of Leros, a sixth-century BC gnomic poet Pherecydes of Leros Totis Filakouris, footballer for Panathinaikos during...